Fowlers People each take pride in finding the right answer for their Clients. This may be a house or a flat, or it may be a purchase, sale or a letting. Maybe it is a new-built home or a land transaction, or even a development scheme large or small.
Whatever it is, they set out to understand your needs and to share their experience with you. They are all property specialists, foremost, who bring a blend of hands-on, ‘been-there-done-it’ experience plus academic and professional qualifications. Most important of all, though, they are real people each of whom lives and plays a part in the local community. |
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Marcel Hoad - Managing Director - Co-owner |
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Community Leader. Duck Race Commentator. Property Doyen.
Marcel is a recognized personality both in property and in charity fund raising. Now in his 22nd year with Fowlers, he is a specialist in residential property, land and arbitration; acts for owners, developers, and local and regional governments; and provides ‘expert witness’. He is a graduate of The College of Estate Management, White Knight Campus, Reading University, and is a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents. Marcel bought out the interest of the Firm’s Founder, Tony Fowler (his cousin), in 2000.
Of importance to Fowlers’ Clients is his profound knowledge of and involvement in, the local community. He is the Chairman of Round Table, Storrington, and fundraises for Lorica Trust and Jigsaw. Highlights of Marcel’s fundraising year are the annual ‘Duck Race’ and the ‘Throw a custard pie in the face of an estate agent’, in which he is the target. |
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Martin Spurrier -
Managing Partner - Co-owner |
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Public Relations Man. Barn Owl Follower. Property Marketer.
Martin became Co-Owner with Marcel in 2009. After starting life at RMA Sandhurst and the Army, he brings to our Clients 40 years of property marketing and public relations expertise. Having spent most of his career in Hong Kong advising multinational firms, he adds an international dimension with a specific focus on client communication and service.
Martin acquired a home locally through Fowlers in 1991 and has been a client ever since. While in Hong Kong, he served on the boards of Save the Children, the Hospice Society, and the British Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and is a keen supporter of the Barn Owl Trust. |
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Tony Fowler -
Founder and Consultant |
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Ocean Sailor. Microlight Pilot. Property legend.
Tony Fowler is the unassuming property legend of his time in West Sussex.
Tony retired in 2000 and spent time exploring the East coast of the United States – sailing across the Atlantic in both directions. Upon returning to dry land, he took to the air and can be seen frequently flying highover West Sussex in his micro light. In his role as Founder and Consultant, he currently provides strategic advice and counsel to the Co-owners of Fowlers |
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Anthony Cross -
Senior Client Services Manager |
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Advertising Man. Pig Breeder. Property Veteran.
Anthony has an educational background in advertising and pig breeding but, today, brings to his Clients the benefit of nearly 25 years’ experience of residential property. Anthony is currently celebrating his 21st year with Fowlers.
Graduating from Plumpton Agricultural College with a Distinction in the National Certificate in Agriculture, Anthony spent 10 years on the land before transferring to a leading firm of estate agents in 1984. He joined the Pulborough office of Fowlers in 1988 as Marcel Hoad moved to open the Storrington office. Reflecting upon his education, Anthony will reveal, if pressed, that the young Mr Cross won Plumpton College’s prestigious ‘Pigman of the Year’ award in 1974. |
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Peter Jones -
Client Services Manager, Pulborough |
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Local Bobby. Operetta Principal . Property Man.
Peter was the village Policeman in the Petworth and Pulborough areas until 2001 having arrived from South Africa in 1974. He thus brings our Clients a wealth of insights into the local areas and their communities. In 2003, he joined Fowlers Pulborough where he enjoys the support and confidence of the local people, and where his wife runs their home as a Four Star B&B.
“I was convinced to join Fowlers because of their reputation for total honesty and for their enthusiastic support of the local community”. Peter brings his policing experience to the Local Action Team, which he Chairs, and his musical talents to Gilbert & Sullivan operetta group, The Southdown Savoyards. |
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Mawgan White - Manager, Billingshurst |
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Telecoms specialist. Animal lover. Estate agent.
Mawgan was attracted to Fowlers by the Firm’s very personal style of business. To that, she now adds her own several years of estate agency experience in Billingshurst and its neighbouring areas.
Mawgan has worked at the sharp end of retail sales and managed mobile phone stores in Redhill and Crawley. She has a passion for animals and her career started at a charitable animal sanctuary as an assistant veterinary nurse. |
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Sarah Ribbans -
Lettings Manager |
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Human Resources. Horses. Houses.
Sarah brings huge knowledge of property letting and of horses as she spends most of her life working with one or the other.
Brought up in Wisborough Green, she entered the world of estate agency in Worthing in 1988. She later turned to Human Resources and ultimately was responsible for more than 800 staff and managers before setting up and running her own equine business. Sarah returned to her roots in 2007 and joined Fowlers Pulborough to start our lettings business. Sarah spends most of her spare time with things equine, including helping her daughter enter the horsey world of eventing. |
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Joe Fowler -
Client Services & Planning Manager, Storrington |
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Lawn Mower Racer. Sportsman. Hons Degree 1st in Planning.
Joe Fowler brings to the Firm and our Clients the benefits of his Master Of Town & Country Planning degree in which he gained a 1st Class Honours from the University of Manchester. He then entered the planning and development industry with a major metropolitan student house builder and a London-based planning consultancy. In February 2009, he joined Fowlers.
As part of the founding family, Joe is inextricable involved in the local community. He is a sports fan and rugby player and, notably, led a team to 15th place in the 2007 Annual Lawn Mower Race, held at Adversane. |
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Tessa Wigg -
Secretary |
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Cat lover. Property publisher.
Tessa provides Secretary and Marketing Support Services, and has been with Fowlers for six years. After secretarial training in London, she worked in manufacturing and banking before entering the property field some 10 years ago. Based in Storrington, she co-ordinates the production of hundreds of property particulars and the associated documentation. She is a cat lover and was formerly a keen member of the Storrington Dramatic Society. |
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Maureen Pegrum - Sales Manager, New Homes |
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County champ. Cancer fund raiser. Marketing award winner.
Maureen brings a wealth of New Homes experience. She spent 13 years with a regional developer rising from sales assistant to Regional Sales Manager responsible for Sussex and Hampshire. She joined Fowlers in 2003 to head up New Homes.
Her sporting credentials include ice skating and squash. But it was in ten pin bowling that she became the Sussex Under 16 Ladies’ Champion. She is also part of a team of five friends who have raised £10,000 for the Imperial Cancer Research. |
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Wendy Menzies - Client Services Manager, Billingshurst |
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School Friends’ Chair. Lobbiest. Property Person.
Wendy is a residential property person at heart and has been an estate agent for ten years. Seven of these have been in Ashington, on the Eastern flank of Fowlers’ area of expertise. She has also completed three property developments of her own.
Outside the office, Wendy has been Chair of Friends of Thakeham School and Vice-Chair of Thakeham Village Day. She is also active in the fight against a proposed landfill at Goose Green. |
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